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The essence of religion is the knowledge of God which is eternal life. That and nothing less than that is religion. Everything else is on the surface, is superfluous save for the needs of men.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Else Essence Eternal Eternal Life Everything Everything Else God Knowledge Less Life Men Needs Nothing Religion Save Superfluous Surface Than Which

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We have no right to pick out all that is noblest and fairest in man, to project these qualities into space, and to call them God. We only thus create an ideal figure, a purified, ennobled, 'magnified' Man.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Call Create Fairest Figure God Ideal Man Noblest Only Out Pick Project Purified Qualities Right Space Them Thus

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As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and God rules over the whole earth, maketh the clouds his chariot, and reigns above the waterfloods as a king.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Above Advances Become Being Civilisation Clouds Concentrated Divine Earth God His King Lessen Maketh More More And More Number Over Powers Reigns Rules Whole

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The idea of reverence for God is transmitted from parent to child, it is educated into an abnormal development, and thus almost indefinitely strengthened, but yet it does appear to me that the bent to worship is an integral part of man's nature.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Abnormal Almost Appear Bent Child Development Does Educated God Idea Indefinitely Integral Integral Part Man Me Nature Parent Part Reverence Strengthened Thus Transmitted Worship

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Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to the slaughter; how Isaac meekly submitted; how the farce went on till the lad was bound and laid on the altar, and how God then stopped the murder, and blessed the intending murderer for his willingness to commit the crime.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Abraham Altar Beautiful Blessed Bound Child Commit Crime Everyone Farce Father God His How Intending Isaac Knows Lad Laid Led Noble Sacrifice Slaughter Stopped Story Submitted Then Till Willingness

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Eskimo: 'If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?' Priest: 'No, not if you did not know.' Eskimo: 'Then why did you tell me?'

~Annie Dillard

Topics: About Did Go Go To Hell God Hell Know Me Priest Sin Tell Then Why Would You

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God gave me a talent to draw. I 'owed' it to him to develop the talent.

~Annie Dillard

Topics: Develop Draw Gave God Him Me Owed Talent

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The inner world is very potent for me - I don't ascribe to any God or Jesus or Buddha - I just have a sense of it and revere it along with the natural world and human consciousness.

~Annie Lennox

Topics: Along Any Ascribe Buddha Consciousness God Human Human Consciousness Inner Inner World Jesus Just Me Natural Natural World Potent Revere Sense Very World

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God - God's the wrong word - goddess or nature will conspire to transform you in a way you couldn't have imagined.

~Anohni

Topics: God Goddess Imagined Nature Transform Way Will Word Wrong You

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Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.

~Ansel Adams

Topics: Click Get God Just Places Ready Shutter Somebody Sometimes

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